| Hint | Years | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7) This famous poet composes The Divine Comedy | 1308-1321 | Dante | 82%
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| 6) This Scotsman led his countrymen to victory at Bannockburn | 1314 | Robert the Bruce | 64%
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| 9) Pope Clement resides the papacy in this French city | 1309 | Avignon | 55%
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| 1) One of the most deadly pandemics occurred,which wiped out almost half of Europe | 1346-1353 | Black Plague | 55%
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| 2) This long war begins between England andFrance | 1337-1453 | Hundred Years | 55%
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| 18) The Aztecs establish their capital on a group of islands inLake Texcoco, now Mexico City | 1325 | Tenochtitlan | 45%
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| 22) When the Ming dynasty began, this area, now led by the Dalai, regained independence from China | 1368 | Tibet | 45%
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| 10) A university is established in this Polish city, oneof the oldest schools in Europe | 1348 | Krakow | 36%
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| 28) Henry of Bolingbroke is proclaimed king of England as HenryIV, which introduces the royal line of this house | 1399 | Lancaster | 36%
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| 4) The Malian empire reaches its peak underhis rule | <1337 | Mansa Musa | 36%
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| 3) The Ottomans defeated this Balkan armyat the battle of Kosovo to expand their territory | 1389 | Serb | 36%
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| 5) This Chinese dynasty replaces the Mongol Yuans, lasting until the mid 1600s | 1368 | Ming | 27%
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| 19) This movement, focused on classical literature and humanpotential, begins during the Renaissance | 1300s | Humanism | 18%
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| 15) This Moroccan scholar travels to Mecca and much of theMiddle East and Africa while documenting the Islamic world | 1325-1354 | Ibn Battuta | 18%
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| 26) A clock designed to strike hours is installed in a cathedralin this English city, still working today | 1386 | Salisbury | 18%
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| 30) Ottoman Sultan Bayazid I brings this country, then under Slavcontrol, under his rule | 1393 | Bulgaria | 9%
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| 8) This major hunger epidemic strikes northern Europe | 1314-1317 | Great Famine | 9%
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| 25) This event, where 3 men claimed to be the true Pope, led to divided loyalties across Europe within the Church | 1378-1417 | Great Schism | 9%
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| 14) This French queen invades England, and plans for herson, Edward III, to rule | 1326 | Isabella | 9%
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| 29) Yi Song-Gye founded this dynasty in Korea, which rules untilthe 20th century | 1392 | Yi | 9%
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| 17) The reign of this king ushers in prosperity and achievement in Poland | 1333-1370 | Casimir the Great | 0%
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| 27) This French king suffers bouts of madness, now known as having psychotic episodes from mental illness | 1392 | Charles VI | 0%
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| 12) This war ignites between the Genoans and Venetians | 1381 | Chioggia | 0%
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| 16) This man becomes King of Scotland after the death ofhis father, Robert the Bruce | 1329 | David II | 0%
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| 21) This city and peninsula fell to the Ottoman Turks, establishingOttoman stronghold in Eruope | 1354 | Gallipoli | 0%
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| 24) This scholar leads the first English translation of the Biblefrom Latin | 1380s | John Wycliffe | 0%
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| 20) This writer is often called the founding father of the above | 1304-1374 | Petrarch | 0%
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| 11) This battle pits Black Prince Edward of Englandagainst King John II of France, where John is captured | 1356 | Poitiers | 0%
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| 23) This man, the nephew of David II, takes the throne of Scotlandas Robert II | 1371 | Robert Stewart | 0%
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| 13) This man leads the Peasants Revolt against theEnglish in protest of taxes, where over 30,000 rioters marched | 1381 | Wat Tyler | 0%
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